Maine Memory Network

1st Maine Volunteers, Georgia, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898-08-19 Location: Fort Oglethorpe Media: Photographic print

Encampment of the 1st Brigade, Augusta, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885-08-05 Location: Augusta Media: Lithograph

Capt. Grenville F. Sparrow, 17th Maine

Grenville F. Sparrow of Portland was 25 when he answered Lincoln's call for more troops to fight the Confederates. He enlisted in Co. A of Maine's 17th Volunteer Infantry regiment. He fought in 30 battles between 1862 and the war's end in 1865.

Lt. Charles A. Garcelon, 16th Maine

The son of Maine's surgeon general and nephew of a captain in the 16th Maine, Charles A. Garcelon of Lewiston served in Co. I of the 16th Maine. His letters home in the first 17 months of his service express his reflections on war and his place in it.

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"Osborn, 1st Maine Cavalry, ca. 1864Maine Historical Society The Lincoln contribution to the war effort was 1,261 women and men."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The first town meeting was held on March 1st. The first male child, Moses Guilford Low, was born on March 9th."